Talk Queen Wendy Williams Discusses Latest Book

6/18/2013 11:37AM

In this excerpt of Celebrity TV talk queen Wendy Williams’ full interview with the Wall Street Journal’s Lee Hawkins, Williams discusses her career as an author. Her recently published Ask Wendy book is her sixth book project. She talks to Hawkins about how writing books fits into her overall strategy as a media personality.

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